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Isaac Irwin Friesen


#159976 ♂

/075is



 

Birth:

Born:

19 April 1900, Rosthern, Saskatchewan

1,2

Death:

Died:

23 July 1974, Steinbach, Manitoba

3,4,5

(74 years, 3 months, 5 days)


Buried:

Steinbach, Manitoba

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191295466


Facts &
events:

Occupation:

teacher and Aeltester; President of CMBC


 Last update of Individual data:

22 January 2024

Parents:


Family #88117

Father:

Friesen, Isaac P.

25 June 1874, Rosengart, Chortitza, South Russia


Mother:

Harder, Catharina

13 October 1877

#94910

Spouse:

Funk, Elsie E.

14 May 1909, Drake, Saskatchewan


Married:

29 August 1927, Drake, Saskatchewan

2

Notes:

  • Note: Isaak had been president of Canadian Mennonite Bible College at one point (Obituary for Elsie Friesen, 1995). One record shows J. as his middle initial. They had no children.

  • Note: The Friesens lived in Winnipeg, MB. He had been a teacher in Rosthern Junior College. Isaac was 74 years old. He was a pastor in Bethel Mission in Winnipeg, MB in 1943.

  • Note: Mennonite Historian Sep 2002 p6 says he married 1937.

Citations:

1 

[56]

Der Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba], Bote (First published in Rosthern, Saskatchewan. Merged with Christlicher Bundesbote in 1947. Publication ceased in 2008.), Winnipeg, Manitoba [30 Jan 2002, p20]

2 

[56]

Der Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba], Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba] [13 Sep 1995, p6]

3 

[56]

Der Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba], Bote [Winnipeg, Manitoba] [14 Mar 1984; 13 Sep 1995, p6]

4 

[816]

Winnipeg Free Press [Manitoba], Newspaper obituary, Winnipeg, Manitoba [26 Jul 1974, p57]

5 

[10294]

Information submitted to GRanDMA Reviewers by Helen Janzen, 9 January 2024.  [36012]

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